Description

DETAILS: Unlike its predecessor Otomat Mk1, the Mk 2 features a data link, allowing it to receive targeting information from air and surface platforms other than the launcher. After being boosted from its launching platform by two jettisonable solid-fuel boosters, the missile descends to a cruising altitude of 20 meters, using inertial navigation system during the mid-course phase. At a predetermined point from the target the X-band active radar performs a left-right scan search, until the target is acquired. The missile then enters a sea-skimming attack phase. After impact, the 210 kilogram SAP warhead explodes inside the ship with the force of the explosion directed to the bottom of the target ship.

NOTES: Entered service in 1984. The Mk 2 version featured folding wings, increasing the number of missiles that could be carried by a platform. In service with Bangladesh, Egypt, Italy, Malaysia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.